Hey Jeffrey, My Tiico inline-4 has the same dipstick tube setup. It is a press fit, or in my case a hammer fit. I recently replaced mine, so here is what I know. The tube goes down a half a foot or more into the block. At the top of that part, where the flange meets the block, there are a half dozen ridges that compress when they enter the block (they look like threads to the untrained eye). To get mine in all the way, I used a chunk of angle iron and hammered it in, rotating the angle iron around the flange to evenly seat it. It works. Aside from getting a new dipstick tube, you can try wiggling the tube out a bit, twisting and pulling up on it. Be careful not to bend it. From there you can clean it up and maybe put some sensor-safe RTV sealer on it and push it back in. Or, try a rubber o-ring. Hope that helps. Bill Marshall 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box" Aurora, IL |
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